INTO THOSE FREEZING TEMPS THIS MORNING WHEN A FIRE TORE THROUGH A NEIGHBORING ABANDONED BUILDING. FIRE FIGHTERS RESPONDED TO A THREE ALARM FIRE IN THE 2000 BLOCK OF FIRST STREET IN CENTRAL CITY. WDSU NEWS REPORTER BLAKE HANSON TELLS US HOW THE COLD MADE THE FIRE EVEN WORSE... THE CAR IS NO IDEAL PLACE FOR A COUPLE OF KIDS AT FIVE IN THE MORNING. BUT IN THIS MOMENT IT IS THE CLOSEST DERRICK HOLMES' FAMILY WILL GET TO WARMTH AND A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS. they came banged on the door and told us to get it, we came outside and looked next door and it was a blaze FIREFIGHTERS SAY THE VACANT BUILDING THAT SAT IN THIS LOT WAS FULLY ENGULFED WHEN THEY ARRIVED...AND COLLAPSED SHORTLY AFTER. BUT THE FIRE HAD ALREADY SPREAD TO THE BUILDINGS ON BOTH SIDES. WHERE TWELVE PEOPLE INCLUDING HOLMES AND HIS FAMILY LIVED. we did what we could, grabbed what we could and got out of there firefighters say it was not cold enough to freeze any of the water they were using, but it was cold enough to make it chilly for firefighters they actually brought this bus in to keep firefighters warm. Something they could sit in between battling the fire whenever you have severe conditions like this the cold weather it certainly takes a toll on the first responders. They did a fantastic job of getting here and getting here quickly THE AMERICAN RED CROSS WAS THERE TO HELP LESSEN THE COLD'S IMPACT. PIPING HOT CHOCOLATE FOR FIRST RESPONDERS. AND HOTEL ROOMS FOR THE VICTIMS... from that point we'll just have to make the best of what we can TRYING TO STAY POSITIVE...AFTER BEING FORCED OUT INTO THE COLD. IN CENTRAL CITY, BLAKE HANSON, WDSU NEWS. THE NOFD SAYS THERE WERE NO UTILITIES RUNNING TO THE VACANT BUILDING SO THE FIRE'S BEEN LABELED SUSPICIOUS. A FULL INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW THE FIRE STARTED. DUST IS BEING BLAMED FOR A SMALL